Summary:
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will release new guidelines titled “Mitigating Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks in Telehealth Smart Home Integration.”\nThe purpose is to address cybersecurity and privacy risks in telehealth systems that use smart home devices such as voice-activated digital assistants.\nKey takeaways include recommendations to enable encryption, limit device access, and utilize network segmentation to protect patient data and systems from threats such as data exfiltration, manipulation, unauthorized access, and service disruptions while using hospital-at-home programs or other telehealth setups.